Lev Potyomkin was born on March 26, 1905 in Moscow, Russian Empire as Lev Lvovich Potyomkin. He was an actor and writer, known for Vasilisa prekrasnaya (1940), Ogon, voda i... mednye truby (1968) and Timur i yego komanda (1940). He was married to Nina Michailowna Sytina. He died on March 2, 1989 in Moscow, Soviet Union.